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Yet another silly season of "The Curse of Oak Island" coming up!

FreeBirdTim said:
Crickets chirping here, so my guess is nothing worthwhile was found on the last episode.



Hopefully, this will be the last season. Ratings have been tanking every year, so I'm hoping last night's episode was the last one. As you can see, the ratings and interest in this show are going down year by year.

https://www.ratingraph.com/tv-shows/the-curse-of-oak-island-ratings-50891/
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I would love to go to an Oak Island meet and greet. Something tells me I'd laugh harder than I have in my life.
 
FreeBirdTim said:
Hopefully, this will be the last season. Ratings have been tanking every year, so I'm hoping last night's episode was the last one. As you can see, the ratings and interest in this show are going down year by year.
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Then there is this statement directly from the URL link provided…”Rating Graph is a one-man hobby project, it is not meant to be scientifically accurate, but to help people kill their time with some entertaining material”. Not sure anybody should rely on this data to base their hopes on the show going away after this season.

So, some folks are killing time entertaining themselves in thinking a decline in ratings for The Curse of Oak Island, over a 10-year period, means the end is near. Think again. The show is likely to be around for a long time to come. Here are some facts from Parrot Analytics.
tv.parrotanalytics.com

The Curse Of Oak Island (history): United States daily TV audience insights for smarter content decisions - Parrot Analytics

The Curse Of Oak Island United States tv ratings and audience insights for history's Paranormal Reality series based on US demand data from Parrot Analytics for television executives. Includes audience growth rate, affinity and television ratings (market multiple) based on demand data.
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Whether a few individuals like the show or not matters very little because the facts are, Oak Island has audience demand that is 14.7 times the demand of the average TV series in the United States (in Canada it is 18.3 times) in the last 30 days. It is classified as an “Outstanding” performer in the top 2.7% of all shows.

So the ratings have declined slightly (-2.9%) over the last month in the US. However, this is miniscule and the fact is The Curse of Oak Island ranks at the 98.7th percentile in the Reality genre. This means The Curse of Oak Island has higher demand than 98.7% of all Reality titles in the United States.

In Canada, The Curse of Oak Island ranks at the 100.0th percentile in the Reality genre. This means The Curse Of Oak Island has higher demand than 100.0% of all Reality titles in Canada.

Parrot Analytics content valuation system is based on demand data, and through it, executives can make more informed acquisition, programming, and distribution decisions, ensuring successful outcomes for their organization. I don’t think any executives are planning on ending this show anytime soon.
 
FreeBirdTim said:
Never heard of "Parrot Analytics".
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Link provided in my last post. The world is a big place. Parrot Analytics lists the demand statistics for 30 countries including the US. It is not a one-man hobby project as Rating Graph describes itself.

Again the "demand" is what matters to executives. Ever fly over this country or others and think of how many tv sets are below? It appears there are many more folks who enjoy the show than don't.
 
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It appears there are many more folks who enjoy the show than don't.
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Wrong. The last episode was only viewed by two million people. That means at least 331 million U.S. viewers did not watch the show. Not much of a following when less than 1% of the U.S. popultaion watched the last episode...
 
Rating Graph is a one-man hobby project, it is not meant to be scientifically accurate, but to help people kill their time with some entertaining material”. Not sure anybody should rely on this data to base their hopes on the show going away after this season.
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Wrong again. Guess you didn't read what was stated at the top of the page:

"Rating Graph is an online visualization tool which generates fancy graphs about TV shows and Movies based on 1264 million user ratings"
 
FreeBirdTim said:
That means at least 331 million U.S. viewers did not watch the show.
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Surely you don't believe the successful ratings of a particular show depend upon every single US citizen sitting down to watch the same program 9PM every Tuesday night! That is delusional.

We are discussing one program in one category (the Reality genre).

According to Parrot Analytics, The Curse of Oak Island ranks at the 98.7th percentile in the Reality genre. This means The Curse of Oak Island has higher viewer demand than 98.7% of all Reality titles in the United States.

IMDB reviews are public and can be manipulated by movements of "fans" of the show or "haters". Rotten Tomatos reviews come from their own critic's opinions. These ratings have no bearing on the actual viewer demand of a tv program.

This from IMDB Q&A page....Think of ratings more as a guide than as an incontrovertible qualitative verdict. In the final analysis, opinions about the quality of movies and TV shows are subjective, and the IMDb rating is no exception.

I get that some folks don't enjoy or possibly even "hate" the show. Why keep dredging it up after admittedly watching portions of the show or reading the synopsis of show content? I'm certain your viewership (even for a short time) may actually be contributing to the "high viewer demand" you so despise.
 
I could kill this show in a matter of a day. Although I wouldn't only because of the tactic I'd have to use to do it. I could simply go to every Environmentalist website at around 7am and simply explain what this show is doing to Mother Earth. By 9am all of Canada would know and although 99% of Canadians could care less about any of it, it would get out around the world by 10am. The Environmentalist would use Their ratings system and decide by 11am that there is a 99% chance that this well loved show is EXACTLY what they need to prove a point that no one cares about.

By 12pm The The Parliament will have voted to shut this operation down. Now we all know how long it will take to shut down such a popular TV show so I will give the History channel a little credit here and say they can hold out until 5pm. At this time Trudeau will have frozen the Lagina's bank accounts. This will cause the History channel to distance themselves from the Lagina's for fear of being cancelled.

Now the lawsuits start and the court decides the Lagina's AND the history channel have done a disservice to all of mankind and are ordered to put the island back in it's original condition which will cost all of the money they have made plus some. It will be found that the biggest expense in the operation is finding a living Knights Templar to show them how to rebuild the money pit. (Because much like finding any real treasure at Oak Island, building a proper money pit is really hard).

Gary is ordered to bury all the things he's found over the years back in their original holes. and Rick has to reassemble each and every core sample that has ever been taken and put them back in the spot they came from.

Now.........As they sit around and empty war room with their thinking caps on Rick has a brilliant idea.........Let's make a new show.......The reconstruction of Oak Island (Treasure is still possible) and although the history channel has went bankrupt by this time, Netflix has decided to step up to the plate to give the Lagina's another shot at doing the right thing by restoring the Island to it;'s previous Treasure free self. Netflix will hold the Lagina's to strict rules that include inclusion and diversity.

After years of better ratings than ever, Netflix will tire of disgracing the Lagina's for profit and will cancel the series in favor of a new show called Barry the bear. This is a story of a a small brown bear who can ride a bicycle and eat berries.

Now can you see why I won't do it?

Think about it, A brown bear that can ride a bicycle WHILE eating Berries. Now THAT would be a real treasure. Somehow I already feel sorry for the bear.
 
Coin-Saver said:
......... I could simply go to every Environmentalist website .....
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Yup. They most certainly are leaving a "carbon footprint", aren't they ? Certainly we can rally environmentalist to decry and denounce these "evil actions" , eh ? And certainly they are disturbing cultural heritage with their intrusive measures, eh ? Ie.: They should be digging with tweezers and brushes, not bulldozers. RIGHT ?

And then we can add "racist" and "homophobia" to the list of accusations (to get those camps involved too).

So you see, it's just that the Lagina brothers simply didn't ask the right people the right questions. Shame on them, eh ?
 
Around here on government land they only want you to use a screwdriver. I told them a Jackhammer is nothing more than a large screwdriver that moves faster than my hand. The look of bewilderment on the Rangers face was priceless. :giggle:
 
FreeBirdTim said:
Here's the writup for the premiere episode of Season 11 (unreal that it's still around)! What a joke!

S11 E1 · On the Money
PREMIERE
42 min · Nov 7, 2023
As Rick and Marty Lagina and their team relaunch their quest to solve the Oak Island mystery, they make a number of the most historic discoveries ever unearthed in North America.

What historic finds? Rusty nails? Pieces of rotted wood? A gold gilt button? How can people still keep watching this baloney?
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The historic find is to be able to create a bogus show that has 11 seasons. That is the true treasure of Oak Island.
Based on what little they find, rotted wood, bent nail, button - heck I must just be inches away from finding a treasure here in North Atlanta.

There are more than a few legends about lost/stolen confederate silver and gold in the 1864 battle of Atlanta. Maybe Tom_in_CA can stir up some movie production money and a roup of us can create our own oak island here in Atlanta.
 
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maxxkatt said:
The historic find is to be able to create a bogus show that has 11 seasons. That is the true treasure of Oak Island.
Based on what little they find, rotted wood, bent nail, button - heck I must just be inches away from finding a treasure here in North Atlanta.

There are more than a few legends about lost/stolen confederate silver and gold in the 1864 battle of Atlanta. Maybe Tom_in_CA can stir up some movie production money and a roup of us can create our own oak island here in Atlanta.
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But do you have an Island? If not there are plenty of us here that can help with that ... for a cut of the TV revenue of course. :digginahole: Maybe do a show about doing a show ... I have other ideas if your interested. :research:
 
maxxkatt said:
The historic find is to be able to create a bogus show that has 11 seasons. That is the true treasure of Oak Island.
Based on what little they find, rotted wood, bent nail, button - heck I must just be inches away from finding a treasure here in North Atlanta.

There are more than a few legends about lost/stolen confederate silver and gold in the 1864 battle of Atlanta. Maybe Tom_in_CA can stir up some movie production money and a roup of us can create our own oak island here in Atlanta.
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I'm 4 + hrs. north of Hollywood TV productions studios. Jamflicker is closer to Hollywood TV & movie mecca in southern CA. And I'm sure he has first-name-basis with various TV moguls down there for you. He can offer the introductions . :friends:
 
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